Homes saw water gushing from gas meters and cookers when the incident happened on Friday night.
Engineers are working to restore gas supplies to more than 1,000 properties in Sheffield after water from a burst pipe leaked into the gas main.water gushing from gas meters and cookers on late on Friday nightResidents left without heating or cooking faculties have been offered refuge in a church hall and a pub.
"When you get water in the gas network it's quite a complex operation to try and remove the water from the system," he said.Mr Ballard said about 100 engineers were working "24 hours a day".Tom Ballard from gas firm Cadent said around 100 engineers were working "24 hours a day". "I could hear lots going on outside... so I knew something had happened, but I didn't know what," she said.
The incident has left her without gas, so she has been going to her parents home to stay warm and have showers.Gemma Hilton said she was woken up by noise outside early on Saturday morning
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